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Isbister is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Orkney mainland, approximately 450 metres east-south-east of the settlement of Isbister. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and belongs to the class of stalled cairns characteristic of Orkney's megalithic tradition. The cairn comprises a stone-built mound containing an internal chamber, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the third millennium BC. Such chambered cairns served as communal burial places and represent significant expressions of Neolithic monumental architecture in the Scottish islands.
Isbister, chambered cairn 450m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2136. View the official record →
Isbister is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the Orkney mainland, approximately 450 metres east-south-east of the settlement of Isbister. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2136.
Isbister, chambered cairn 450m ESE of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Isbister, chambered cairn 450m ESE of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2136.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banks, chambered cairn 25m SW of, South Ronaldsay (1.7 km), Castle of Burwick, promontory fort (3.5 km), Clouduhall (or Cloddyhall) standing stone & cairn (6.2 km).
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